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Article: The French National Front: The Extremist Challenge to Democracy.
- Article from:
- American Political Science Review
- Article date:
- June 1, 1998
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By Harvey G. Simmons. Boulder, CO: Westview Press, 1996. 285p. $19.95.
William Safran, University of Colorado at Boulder
Of the making of books on right-wing extremism there seems to be no end. The persistence of radical-Right political movements, especially in Western Europe, in face of a growing consensus about institutional democracy continues to baffle social scientists, who are engaged, as before, in examining the root causes, ideological foundations, and popular support of these movements. These two books make a significant contribution to this effort; both are thorough, judicious, and impressively documented, and both cover the essentials: the ...